What's up with the upside-down Christmas tree?

>>Check out these creative ways to decorate your tree, upside down or not ...

An inverted Christmas tree in the home of a Houston resident.

>>Check out these creative ways to decorate your tree, upside down or not ...

Photo: Joy Sewing

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An inverted Christmas tree in the home of a Houston resident.

>>Check out these creative ways to decorate your tree, upside down or not ...

An inverted Christmas tree in the home of a Houston resident.

>>Check out these creative ways to decorate your tree, upside down or not ...

Photo: Joy Sewing

What's up with the upside-down Christmas tree?

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I didn't know upside-down Christmas trees were a thing.

So when I walked into a neighbor's living room this week and saw a massive green Christmas tree fully decorated and turned on its head, I titled my head and gave a puzzled look.

Then I commented that it looked very cool.

Apparently there's a history lesson here. Hanging fir trees upside down goes back to the Middle Ages, when Europeans did it to represent the Trinity, according to the Spruce.com. Upside-down Christmas trees are common among many Slavic groups—Carpatho-Rusyns, Poles, Slovaks, and Ukrainians.